I am a known (non-anonymous) sperm donor in Massachusetts.
To contact me, use the address below:

Some visitors are seeking a standard sperm donor contract. For
reference, here is a copy of the donor contract that I have used for prior
sperm donations. I provide this sample text without
any warranty, express or implied. You may consult a lawyer if you have any
questions regarding the use of such a contract.
All content on this website is provided for informational purposes only, and
is not meant to substitute for advice provided by your own physician or other
medical professional, or by your own lawyer. Further, nothing on this webpage
constitutes an offer to provide any service (including sperm donations) or a
solicitation for readers to obtain any service (including from third parties
such as sperm banks). I am a customer of sperm banking services, but I am not
operating a sperm bank (or licensed to operate a sperm bank) in any state. I
will not provide any services in the state of New York, or distribute sperm
into the state of New York. Your physician can inform you about the risks
associated with pregnancy, assisted reproduction and artificial insemination,
and about assisted reproductive options that may be legally available and
medically appropriate in your situation. You may consult with a doctor or
lawyer about any questions that should be addressed by a licensed
professional. I'm not a doctor or lawyer, and nothing on this webpage should
be construed as medical or legal advice.

These are two sample sperm donor contracts for non-anonymous donation. The
first sperm donor contract
is a two-party agreement
between a donor and recipient, and the
second sperm donor contract is a three-party agreement that
also recognizes the role of a recipient's partner. When a printed
contract goes on multiple pages, everyone signing should also initial (or even
sign) each page.

Two-Party Sample Contract (Donor and Recipient)

1) This is the full agreement between the donor and recipient. There are no
promises, understandings, agreements
or representations between the parties other than those expressly stated in
this agreement.

2) The donor and recipient have no sexual, personal or business
relationship. The sole purpose of the interaction
between donor and recipient is for the donor to provide assistance to the
recipient, to enable the recipient to fulfill a
desire to carry and raise a child.

3) The donor has produced and/or will produce semen samples, and intends to
transfer ownership and control of
these samples to the recipient. After the recipient takes possession, the
donor has no say whatsoever regarding how
the samples are used. If the samples are used in a manner that results in
pregnancy, the donor has no parental rights
or responsibilities in relation to resulting children. At the time of
conception, the recipient would have sole possession
and control of both egg and sperm, and the conception would have resulted from
the sole decisions and actions of
the recipient. The donor is aware of this intended use, and has no objection,
but will have no rights at the time of
conception regarding the semen.

4) The donor agrees to provide his semen to the recipient, for the purpose of
known donor artificial insemination (AI).
The recipient intends to use said semen to conceive a child. This process may
be repeated for multiple artificial
insemination attempts. The intention of all parties is for this to be legally
equivalent to a standard anonymous
donation for artificial insemination, notwithstanding the fact that the
recipient and donor are aware of each other's
identities.

5) All parties acknowledge and agree that, through the procedure of artificial
insemination, it is the recipient's intent to
become pregnant, and thereafter have sole responsibility (or joint
responsibility together with recipient's partner) for
the raising of the child. The intention of the parties is that, if conception
occurs from such artificial insemination, the
donor shall not be a legal parent of the resulting child, and shall not have a
role in the raising of the child.

6) All parties acknowledge and agree that the donor provides his semen for the
purpose of said artificial insemination,
and does so with the clear understanding that he will not demand, request, or
compel any guardianship, custody, or
visitation rights with any child born from the artificial insemination
procedure. Further, donor acknowledges that he
fully understands that he will have no paternal rights whatsoever with said
child, and will have no authority of any kind
with respect to the child, or any decisions regarding the child.

7) All parties acknowledge and agree that the recipient has relinquished any
and all rights that she might otherwise
have to hold donor legally, financially, or emotionally responsible for any
child that results from the artificial
insemination procedure. The recipient further agree that she will not demand,
request, or compel the donor to
provide any financial support.

8) All parties relinquish and release any and all rights he or she may have to
bring a suit to establish paternity.

9) The donor agrees to never start or support any action to claim paternity in
relation to any child born to the recipient,
or conceived from semen transferred to the recipient. Similarly, the recipient
agrees to never start or support any
action to recognize donor's paternity or obtain child support in relation to
any such child, and the recipient agrees to
not list the donor as the father on any birth certificate, legal record or
document, or otherwise make any declaration
indicating paternity.

10) For any child conceived from the genetic contribution of the recipient and
the donor, parental rights and
responsibilities fall solely to recipient. This does not preclude the sharing
of parental rights and responsibilities with
partners or family members of the recipient in accordance with standard law --
but under no circumstances shall such
rights or responsibilities be extended to the donor or his relatives.

11) The recipient acknowledges that she is the solely responsible parent of
the child from said known donor
insemination. This parental responsibility may be legally shared by anyone of
the recipient's choice (excepting the
donor). If the child is legally adopted by a partner of the recipient's
choice, the donor need not be consulted, nor is
his approval required for such an adoption.

12) The donor agrees to assist the recipient and/or recipient's partner in any
court proceeding to facilitate the
adoption of the child or children. This may include, but is not limited to,
signing a court petition to allow an adoption
to proceed and/or signing a sworn affidavit regarding the process by which the
child was conceived. Recipient
agrees that all costs associated with such a court proceeding will be paid by
her and/or her partner.

13) All parties acknowledge and agree that the recipient shall have absolute
authority and power to appoint a
guardian for her child, and that the mother and guardian may act with sole
discretion as to all legal, financial, medical
and emotional needs of said child without any involvement with or demands of
authority from the donor. However,
this shall not be construed to permit the recipient to appoint the donor as a
guardian, or to permit an appointed
guardian to undertake any action regarding paternity that the recipient could
not take herself.

14) The responsibilities of the recipient under this contract, including but
not limited to the prohibition against starting
or supporting any action to recognize the paternity of the donor, shall be
binding upon any guardian or representative
of the child.

15) If pregnancy results from usage of semen produced by the donor, he will
not have, or attempt to establish, a
parental relationship with the resulting child. Further, he will not attempt
to contact, or communicate with, the child
without the express permission of the recipient.

16) In the event that future contact does occur between donor and child, the
extent and content of such interaction
may be limited by the recipient in any manner, and the donor agrees to abide
by any such restrictions. Any such
interaction will not indicate consent by either donor or recipient to the
donor having any legal or social rights or
responsibilities regarding the child.

17) The donor will ensure that he can be located by the recipient to answer
questions related to his family medical
history, and to answer questions related to the curiosity of the child about
his/her genetic background. This does not
constitute a recognition of paternity or any responsibility, but is a
statement of intent arising from a willingness to
provide access to knowledge about the child's genetic heritage and genetic
relatives. This offer is not due to a
parent/child relationship, and is similar to what would be offered to a
sibling, niece, nephew or other similar genetic
relative.

18) The donor agrees to be available for social contact with the child, at the
discretion of the recipient. The donor
expressly welcomes and encourages such contact, if it is compatible with the
recipient's choices regarding the raising
of the child (e.g. the recipient chooses to disclose the donor's identity to
the child, and supports contact). However,
this clause shall not be interpreted to require that the donor travel in the
event that the donor and child are not
geographically proximate, or to ensure a frequency of interaction that could
interfere with the ordinary conduct of the
donor's life, or to imply a scope of interaction that could be interpreted as
co-parenting.

19) The recipient agrees to notify the donor upon the birth of a child
conceived from donor's sperm. The donor has
no other expectations regarding future contact, and is comfortable with having
no further interaction. The donor
requests that the recipient provide an occasional photograph or other news of
the child, if the recipient is comfortable
with providing such material, but the recipient is under no obligation
whatsoever to do so.

20) The donor gives the recipient explicit permission to provide the child
with any information regarding the donor,
including the donor's identity and contact information.

21) All parties acknowledge and agree that the relinquishment of all rights,
as stated herein, is final and irrevocable.
The donor understands that his waivers shall prohibit any action on his part
for custody, guardianship, or visitation in
any future situation, including the event of recipient's disability or
death. The recipient understands that her waivers
shall prohibit any action, or support for action, on her part for financial
support or inheritance rights for the child in any
future situation, including the event of the donor's death.

22) In the event of the death of any party, the responsibilities of the donor
and recipient, as defined in this contract,
shall remain binding upon his or her heirs and estate.

23) The donor asserts, and the recipient understands, that he would not
consent to the provision of semen without a
full assurance and belief that he will not be subject to future
responsibility, including any financial support.

24) In the event that the donor is ever found by a court to have a financial
responsibility for the child, the recipient
agrees to compensate the donor in the amount that the donor is legally
compelled to provide for the child.

25) The recipient agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the donor from
personal financial loss or expense, including reasonable legal fees and costs,
if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit, judgment, dispute, contest or
challenge by reason of any act or omission arising from the donor's role as a
sperm donor for the recipient.

26) In the event of any legal claim, demand, suit, judgment, dispute, contest
or challenge regarding the donor's legal responsibilities for a child
conceived by the recipient, or seeking to establish legal paternity by the
donor for such a child, or relating to the validity, applicability or
enforceability of this contract or any portion thereof, the recipient agrees
to compensate the donor for reasonable legal fees, costs and expenses related
to the defense of this contract or the defense of the position that the donor
should not have legal paternity or legal or financial responsibilities for the
child. This is applicable regardless of where the dispute or contest
originates, and includes challenges by the state, child, recipient, recipient's partner or
relatives, or other third parties.

27) All references to "child" herein shall be understood to apply to any
children resulting from AI and the genetic
contributions of the donor and recipient, and may be plural.

28) Each party acknowledges and agrees that she or he signed this agreement
and contract voluntarily and freely, of
his or her own choice, without any duress of any kind whatsoever. It is
further acknowledged that each party
understands the meaning and significance of each provision of this
contract. Each party is aware of their right to
obtain independent legal counsel, and acknowledges having an opportunity to
exercise this right prior to signing this
contract.

29) Each party acknowledges and agrees that any changes made in the terms and
conditions of this agreement shall
be made in writing, and signed by both parties.

30) In the event of legal action or arbitration, the parties to this agreement
request that the deciding agency uphold
and enforce the basic intent of this contract: the recipient (and optionally
the recipient's partner) shall be the sole
parent(s) of children conceived by the recipient via AI with the donor's
sperm, and the donor shall have no formal,
legal or otherwise enforceable rights, responsibilities or recognition as a
parent. No contrary finding or interpretation
may be made within the context of this contract.

31) If any section or clause in this contract is found to be invalid or
unenforceable, the remainder of the contract shall
remain in effect. Each clause of this contract is separate and divisible from
the others, and should a court refuse to
enforce one or more clauses of this contract, the others are still valid and
in full force.

32) The donor operates a website at "___________________" and may be
contacted at the e-mail address
"______________________". If this address becomes permanently invalid, the donor will
make a reasonable effort to provide the
recipient with a new valid address. If this is not possible, he will include
the text "_________________" on a web page
together with valid contact information, so that he may be located via an
Internet search engine.

1) This is the full agreement between the donor, the recipient, and the
recipient's partner. There are no promises,
understandings, agreements or representations between the parties other than
those expressly stated in this
agreement.

2) The donor and recipient have no sexual, personal or business
relationship. The sole purpose of the interaction
between donor and recipient is for the donor to provide assistance to the
recipient, to enable the recipient to fulfill a
desire to carry and raise a child.

3) The donor has produced and/or will produce semen samples, and intends to
transfer ownership and control of
these samples to the recipient. After the recipient takes possession, the
donor has no say whatsoever regarding how
the samples are used. If the samples are used in a manner that results in
pregnancy, the donor has no parental rights
or responsibilities in relation to resulting children. At the time of
conception, the recipient would have sole possession
and control of both egg and sperm, and the conception would have resulted from
the sole decisions and actions of
the recipient. The donor is aware of this intended use, and has no objection,
but will have no rights at the time of
conception regarding the semen.

4) The donor agrees to provide his semen to the recipient, for the purpose of
known donor artificial insemination (AI).
The recipient intends to use said semen to conceive a child. This process may
be repeated for multiple artificial
insemination attempts. The intention of all parties is for this to be legally
equivalent to a standard anonymous
donation for artificial insemination, notwithstanding the fact that the
recipient and donor are aware of each other's
identities.

5) All parties acknowledge and agree that, through the procedure of artificial
insemination, it is the recipient's intent to
become pregnant, and thereafter have sole responsibility (or joint
responsibility together with recipient's partner) for
the raising of the child. The intention of the parties is that, if conception
occurs from such artificial insemination, the
donor shall not be a legal parent of the resulting child, and shall not have a
role in the raising of the child.

6) All parties acknowledge and agree that the donor provides his semen for the
purpose of said artificial insemination,
and does so with the clear understanding that he will not demand, request, or
compel any guardianship, custody, or
visitation rights with any child born from the artificial insemination
procedure. Further, donor acknowledges that he
fully understands that he will have no paternal rights whatsoever with said
child, and will have no authority of any kind
with respect to the child, or any decisions regarding the child.

7) All parties acknowledge and agree that the recipient, and recipient's
partner, have relinquished any and all rights
that she/he might otherwise have to hold donor legally, financially, or
emotionally responsible for any child that results
from the artificial insemination procedure. The recipient, and recipient's
partner, further agree that she/he will not
demand, request, or compel the donor to provide any financial support.

8) All parties relinquish and release any and all rights he or she may have to
bring a suit to establish paternity.

9) The donor agrees to never start or support any action to claim paternity in
relation to any child born to the recipient,
or conceived from semen transferred to the recipient. Similarly, the recipient
and recipient's partner agree to never
start or support any action to recognize donor's paternity or obtain child
support in relation to any such child, and also
agree to not list the donor as the father on any birth certificate, legal
record or document, or otherwise make any
declaration indicating paternity.

10) For any child conceived from the genetic contribution of the recipient and
the donor, parental rights and
responsibilities fall solely to recipient. This does not preclude the sharing
of parental rights and responsibilities with
partners or family members of the recipient in accordance with standard law --
but under no circumstances shall such
rights or responsibilities be extended to the donor or his relatives.

11) The recipient acknowledges that she is the solely responsible parent of
the child from said known donor
insemination. This parental responsibility may be legally shared by anyone of
the recipient's choice (excepting the
donor). If the child is legally adopted by a partner of the recipient's
choice, the donor need not be consulted, nor is
his approval required for such an adoption.

12) The donor agrees to assist the recipient and/or recipient's partner in
any court proceeding to facilitate the
adoption of the child or children. This may include, but is not limited to,
signing a court petition to allow an adoption
to proceed and/or signing a sworn affidavit regarding the process by which the
child was conceived. Recipient
agrees that all costs associated with such a court proceeding will be paid by
her and/or her partner.

13) The recipient's partner intends to act as a second parent for the child,
and is fully involved in the recipient's
decision to bear and raise a child. If it is ever found that the child has an
interest in having a second legal parent,
then the second parent shall be the recipient's partner. The reality is that
the child will have two parents, recipient
and recipient's partner, who have jointly chosen to raise a child, taken steps
to make this possible, and accept all
associated rights and responsibilities as parents.

14) All parties acknowledge and agree that the recipient shall have absolute
authority and power to appoint a
guardian for her child, and that the mother and guardian may act with sole
discretion as to all legal, financial, medical
and emotional needs of said child without any involvement with or demands of
authority from the donor. However,
this shall not be construed to permit the recipient to appoint the donor as a
guardian, or to permit an appointed
guardian to undertake any action regarding paternity that the recipient could
not take herself.

15) The responsibilities of the recipient under this contract, including but
not limited to the prohibition against starting
or supporting any action to recognize the paternity of the donor, shall be
binding upon any guardian or representative
of the child.

16) If pregnancy results from usage of semen produced by the donor, he will
not have, or attempt to establish, a
parental relationship with the resulting child. Further, he will not attempt
to contact, or communicate with, the child
without the express permission of the recipient.

17) In the event that future contact does occur between donor and child, the
extent and content of such interaction
may be limited by the recipient in any manner, and the donor agrees to abide
by any such restrictions. Any such
interaction will not indicate consent by either donor or recipient to the
donor having any legal or social rights or
responsibilities regarding the child.

18) The donor will ensure that he can be located by the recipient to answer
questions related to his family medical
history, and to answer questions related to the curiosity of the child about
his/her genetic background. This does not
constitute a recognition of paternity or any responsibility, but is a
statement of intent arising from a willingness to
provide access to knowledge about the child's genetic heritage and genetic
relatives. This offer is not due to a
parent/child relationship, and is similar to what would be offered to a
sibling, niece, nephew or other similar genetic
relative.

19) The donor agrees to be available for social contact with the child, at the
discretion of the recipient. The donor
expressly welcomes and encourages such contact, if it is compatible with the
recipient's choices regarding the raising
of the child (e.g. the recipient chooses to disclose the donor's identity to
the child, and supports contact). However,
this clause shall not be interpreted to require that the donor travel in the
event that the donor and child are not
geographically proximate, or to ensure a frequency of interaction that could
interfere with the ordinary conduct of the
donor's life, or to imply a scope of interaction that could be interpreted as
co-parenting.

20) The recipient agrees to notify the donor upon the birth of a child
conceived from donor's sperm. The donor has
no other expectations regarding future contact, and is comfortable with having
no further interaction. The donor
requests that the recipient provide an occasional photograph or other news of
the child, if the recipient is comfortable
with providing such material, but the recipient is under no obligation
whatsoever to do so.

21) The donor gives the recipient, and the recipient's partner, explicit
permission to provide the child with any
information regarding the donor, including the donor's identity and contact
information.

22) All parties acknowledge and agree that the relinquishment of all rights,
as stated herein, is final and irrevocable.
The donor understands that his waivers shall prohibit any action on his part
for custody, guardianship, or visitation in
any future situation, including the event of recipient's disability or
death. The recipient and recipient's partner
understands that her/his waivers shall prohibit any action, or support for
action, on her part for financial support or
inheritance rights for the child in any future situation, including the event
of the donor's death.

23) In the event of the death of any party, the responsibilities of that
party, as defined in this contract, shall remain
binding upon his or her heirs and estate.

24) The donor asserts, and the recipient and recipient's partner each
understand, that he would not consent to the
provision of semen without a full assurance and belief that he will not be
subject to future responsibility, including any
financial support.

25) In the event that the donor is ever found by a court to have a financial
responsibility for the child, the recipient and
recipient's partner, singly and jointly, agree to compensate the donor in the
amount that the donor is legally
compelled to provide for the child.

26) The recipient and recipient's partner, singly and jointly, agree to
indemnify and hold harmless the donor from personal financial loss or expense,
including reasonable legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim,
demand, suit, judgment, dispute, contest or challenge by reason of any act or
omission arising from the donor's role as a sperm donor for the recipient.

27) In the event of any legal claim, demand, suit, judgment, dispute, contest
or challenge regarding the donor's legal responsibilities for a child
conceived by the recipient, or seeking to establish legal paternity by the
donor for such a child, or relating to the validity, applicability or
enforceability of this contract or any portion thereof, the recipient and
recipient's partner, singly and jointly, agree to compensate the donor for
reasonable legal fees, costs and expenses related to the defense of this
contract or the defense of the position that the donor should not have legal
paternity or legal or financial responsibilities for the child. This is
applicable regardless of where the dispute or contest originates, and includes
challenges by the state, child, recipient, recipient's partner or relatives, or other third
parties.

28) All references to "child" herein shall be understood to apply to any
children resulting from AI and the genetic
contributions of the donor and recipient, and may be plural.

29) Each party acknowledges and agrees that she or he signed this agreement
and contract voluntarily and freely, of
his or her own choice, without any duress of any kind whatsoever. It is
further acknowledged that each party
understands the meaning and significance of each provision of this
contract. Each party is aware of their right to
obtain independent legal counsel, and acknowledges having an opportunity to
exercise this right prior to signing this
contract.

30) Each party acknowledges and agrees that any changes made in the terms and
conditions of this agreement shall
be made in writing, and signed by both parties.

31) In the event of legal action or arbitration, the parties to this agreement
request that the deciding agency uphold
and enforce the basic intent of this contract: the recipient and recipient's
partner shall be the sole parents of children
conceived by the recipient via AI with the donor's sperm, and the donor shall
have no formal, legal or otherwise
enforceable rights, responsibilities or recognition as a parent. No contrary
finding or interpretation may be made
within the context of this contract.

32) If any section or clause in this contract is found to be invalid or
unenforceable, the remainder of the contract shall
remain in effect. Each clause of this contract is separate and divisible from
the others, and should a court refuse to
enforce one or more clauses of this contract, the others are still valid and
in full force.

33) The donor operates a website at "___________________" and may be
contacted at the e-mail address
"______________________". If this address becomes permanently invalid, the
donor will
make a reasonable effort to provide the
recipient with a new valid address. If this is not possible, he will include
the text "_________________" on a web page
together with valid contact information, so that he may be located via an
Internet search engine.